Hi everyone! Dr. Nishiguchi's Tropical Marine Ecology class headed to Glovers reef atoll yesterday (Thursday). A hour boat ride east from Tobacco caye, Glovers has some amazingly pristine reef in Belize. The guides, Nish and the students spent a whole day snorkeling and logging species into journals, stopped for a packed lunch on Glovers island and then headed back to Tobacco base - and then they were still hyped up enough to do a night snorkel in the shallow cove - this is an energetic bunch! Everyone is getting a lot of field time in on this marine ecology course. That, mixed with our traveling microscope lab is providing for a pretty rigorous field ecology experience. I'm amazed at their enthusiasm and very proud at the quality of the program NMSU students are experiencing here in Belize. Nish says: "There is crystal clear visibility in the back reef - you can't ask for more than that - its fantastic!" Student Casey De Leon says "I'm having the time of my life here in Belize." And Mary Wells says "we are finding every reef fish and coral in the book here". It's true - you need to see it to Belize it!
Kristi
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